Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's decision to allow his staff to avoid the Affordable Care Act by remaining on the federal healthcare plan is the "height of hypocrisy," Washington Times columnist Charles Hurt says.

"It is so incredible and it is evidence why Harry Reid has been so successful at politics in Washington," Hurt told "The Steve Malzberg Show" on Newsmax TV.

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"The man operates without an ounce of shame about anything and if it benefits him or benefits somebody he wants to benefit, he has no problem just doing that.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's decision to allow his staff to avoid the Affordable Care Act by remaining on the federal healthcare plan is the height of hypocrisy, Washington Times columnist Charles Hurt says.